Mass transit back in the picture with start of new Indiana General Assembly session

9:40 PM,
Nov. 14, 2012

A light rail service would operate Downtown as part of a broader transit plan that also includes trains and buses.

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Mayor Greg Ballard and other mass transit advocates thought earlier this year was their best chance to enlist the state legislature in their bid to expand IndyGo bus service and add passenger rail service to Central Indiana.

They had key endorsements from government, community and business leaders, and their most detailed plan in a decadeslong push.

But they were wrong. Transit legislation was caught up and killed in the anti-union battle that dominated the Indiana General Assembly. That fight, though, is over and influential lawmakers - if not-quite allies - say transit will at least get ...